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Indianapolis 6, Durham 1. First a quick note about yesterday’s post. We erroneously stated that Jason Hammel was pulled because of an “undisclosed injury”. It now appears that Hammel was on a very small and very strict pitch count, that saw him removed in the middle of an inning. This […]

We present here four simple solutions to the Hank Aaron award that will bring it to the level of the MVP and the Cy Young Awards, as well as fix the fatal flaw of the MVP award. There are many reasons to love baseball…too many to list. However, there are […]

D-Rays 4, Texas 3. B. J. Upton returned to the lineup and to the top of the order for the first time since leaving last Thursday’s game with a strained shoulder. He responded by going 2-5 with 2 opposite field singles, including a 2-out RBI single in the 4th to […]

Indianapolis 6, Durham 3. Wes Bankston continues to hit the ball well since being promoted to Durham. Nobody has ever questioned that Bankston could hit the ball. The question is whether his power will ever develop. Last night he went 2-4 and hit a solo home run in the 2nd […]

The Rays are 49-75, 26.5 games behind the Spankees and 6 games behind the Horioles. They come into this series having lost their last 2 games and they are 5-13 in August. They are 0-5 against the Rangers this season including a 2-game sweep at the Trop in May. The […]

You can forgive us for doing a double-take when we read this headline. We must admit if we had to set the over-under for seeing a headline like this we would have guessed, not ’til 2009. [Battlecreek Enquirer] Speaking of which, the D-Rays tragic number for elimination is now 14 […]

D-Rays 6, Cleveland 5. Friday night was a big night for the psyche of the team and the team’s fans, although they would throw all that away the next two games, but more on that later. The simplest way to describe the Rays in the second have of the season, […]

One of the ‘Big 3′ combines to No-Hit Peoria Durham Bulls. On Friday, the Bulls lost to Columbus 8-2. Jim Magrane struggled from the mound, giving up 7 runs in 4.2 innings. He is now 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA since being promoted to AAA. Delmon Young went 0-3 and […]

Relax, alright? Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring, and besides that they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls. They’re more democratic.-Crash Davis Toronto 6, Rays 2. This much we know…Scott Kazmir is a good pitcher. He has the potential to be a great pitcher. Last night he showed […]

Durham 7, Columbus 1. Delmon Young, continued his torrid hitting, going 2-5 with his 8th home run. Kevin Witt went 0-3 with 2 walks and 2 runs scored. Catcher Shawn Riggans has been hot lately and last night was no different. He went 3-5 with his 11th home run, a […]